Handball

Decade

The 1890s

34 dated items, 1 rulebook edition and 3 championship result rows are in the record for the 1890s.

Years with their own page

A year gets a page when the record holds at least 3 dated items for it.

Dated items

1890

  • 12 July 1890 to 19 August 1890: Casey, McQuade, Dunne and others sail 12 July 1890 for an Irish exhibition tour; return Aug-Sept (conflicting) A New York newspaper of July 12, 1890 reports that the party of handball players had sailed; the end of the tour is not stated in the cited reports, so the later end of the date range is an inference, and a letter from Cork dated July 28 is the only evidence of the party in Ireland. Source: The Evening World (New York), 12 July 1890, p. 1, p. 1
  • 27 October 1890: The Sun proposes ending hard serving: a front-wall line or service only from the ace line Source: The Sun (New York), 27 October 1890, p. 4, p. 4
  • by 21 November 1890: By 21 Nov 1890 Brooklyn courts play under the Sun's new service rule (serve only from the ace line); Casey endorses it Source: The Sun (New York), 21 November 1890, p. 4, p. 4
  • by 29 November 1890: The Sun of 29 Nov 1890 notes that Phil Casey's Brooklyn court opened 'three years ago to-day', 29 Nov 1887, the night the first international match (Casey v. Lawlor of Dublin) was decided in it; the earlier games of the match had been played in Dublin on 6 Aug 1887 Source: The Sun (New York), 29 November 1890, p. 4, p. 4

1891

1892

  • 1 March 1892: Brooklyn Handball Club reorganised in Casey's parlor: Major John Carmody president, Col. Thomas Meehan vice-president, Frank J. Prendergast secretary, Philip Casey treasurer; committee on the playing ball Source: The Sun (New York), 3 March 1892, p. 4, p. 4
  • 8 September 1892: Sun reports a doubles game at the Brooklyn club with service 'done from the short line' Source: The Sun (New York), 10 September 1892, p. 5, p. 5

1893

  • 1893: Deshong R4-R5: 'A hinder is when a ball strikes your opponent' and stops it reaching the wall; hinders are mostly 'accidents pure and simple'; an intentional hinder is an ace against or a hand out at the referee's opinion; effect of an Source: Maurice W. Deshong, The Game of Hand Ball and How to Play It (1893), p. 12
  • 1893: Deshong: court text 24 1/2 x 35 ft while the plate reads 25 x 33 ft (transcription notes, 1893 edition); the 1903 book: 'about sixty feet long, twenty-four and one-half feet wide and thirty-five feet high in the front, tapering down to Source: Maurice W. Deshong, The Game of Hand Ball and How to Play It (1893), p. 12
  • 29 August 1893: John Egan's new handball court at 223 Mercer Street, Jersey City, opens with Phil Casey, Lawlor, Delaney, McQuade and others invited Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 29 August 1893, p. 4, p. 4
  • 31 October 1893: Spalding's Dime Athletic Library announces 'Handball and How to Play It' by Maurice W. Deshong (contents listed) (conflicting) The only dated evidence is an October 31, 1893 newspaper notice that the next Spalding Dime Athletic Library issue would be Deshong's handball book; it shows the book was announced by that date, but not when it was published. Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 31 October 1893, p. 4, p. 4

1894

  • by 18 January 1894: Phil Casey writes that there has been no rule in his court for five years except 'The Sun's rules', which govern all six courts near him; leading courts everywhere follow the Brooklyn Handball Club's rules Source: The Sun (New York), 18 January 1894, p. 8, p. 8

1895

  • by 20 August 1895: The Sun of 20 Aug 1895 prints a proposal, apparently from a Cork paper (OCR damaged), for a conference of handball lovers 'throughout the world' to promote the game and draw up a code of rules; Alderman Dunne of Brooklyn would attend Source: The Sun (New York), 20 August 1895, p. 5, p. 5
  • by 23 September 1895: Casey and ex-Alderman Dunne challenge Fitzgerald (Irish champion) and any other Irishman to a home-and-home doubles match: Brooklyn Dec/Jan, Tralee Jul/Aug Source: The Sun (New York), 23 September 1895, p. 5, p. 5

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